keep a diary
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: to write regularly in a diary
She kept a diary while she was traveling in Europe.
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Each week, Man Magazine asks an ordinary man to keep a diary of a typical day.
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Dan Amira, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
In the late 1970s and the 1980s, Hugh Brittain would have his Grade 6 students at Havelock Elementary School in Saint John, New Brunswick, keep a diary for a week as a creative writing exercise.
—David Williams, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
Many trial participants, including those in the Pfizer and Moderna studies, use a smartphone app to keep a diary of any symptoms.
—Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
That winter, Moore confided in his friend Cory McLean that he was concerned about Buck’s fetish, and McLean urged him to keep a diary.
—Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020
One way a new plant owner can try and detect subtle changes is to keep a diary.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
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Dan Amira, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
In the late 1970s and the 1980s, Hugh Brittain would have his Grade 6 students at Havelock Elementary School in Saint John, New Brunswick, keep a diary for a week as a creative writing exercise.
—David Williams, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
Many trial participants, including those in the Pfizer and Moderna studies, use a smartphone app to keep a diary of any symptoms.
—Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
That winter, Moore confided in his friend Cory McLean that he was concerned about Buck’s fetish, and McLean urged him to keep a diary.
—Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020
One way a new plant owner can try and detect subtle changes is to keep a diary.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
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